"Hey, maybe James knows of a way we can get out of this, give him a call," suggested Kendall.

"Hey Logan, what's up," answered James.

"Kendall and I messed up! We made a really big mess in the kitchen and your dad came home and wasn't happy about it. He sent us to our room and now we're waiting for him to come in and do….well, you know. Do you have any tips for us like how we can maybe get out of this?"

"I wish I did but after dad gives his one warning that is it. I'm sorry."

Google Eyes for Rachel

James hung up his phone and gave a sympathetic look.

"What's wrong?" asked Carlos.

"My dad hasn't even been here 24 hours and already Kendall and Logan are in trouble with him."

"What did they do?"

"Left a big mess in the kitchen."

"Wow, that probably wasn't too smart and…"

"And?"

"Huh?"

"You were going to say something else, what was it?" asked James.

"I was? Oh I forgot," said Carlos

"Seriously, are you really crushing on my sister that much?"

"I can't help it. I think she is so beautiful."

Carlos finished his sentence as he stared at Rachel and then realized she was the little sister of one of his best friends. He looked over at James.

"Um, I know your dad is okay with it but are you okay with it if I ask Rachel out?"

"I have no problem with you asking her out."

"That's good, wait, why?"

James couldn't help but laugh. "Because you're a super sweet guy and I know you would never do anything to hurt one of my baby sisters. I totally trust you."

"Totally trust me? Damn."

"Why?" asked James, "Do you not want me to trust you?"

"Well, if you trust me then I can never, well…you know."

"What? Ohhh, play the game, the monster with two backs?"

"Umm, ya, I guess that is one way to put it," Carlos laughed while giving his friend a very strange look.

"As long as Rachel is into it with you then I'm fine with it; but, just so you know, I'm pretty sure she is still a virgin?"

"That's fine with me. I've only been with one other girl and that turned out horribly."

James laughed, "Oh yeah, Stacey last summer, I remember. Well, I hope the second time turns out much better for you even if it is with my sister."

"I have to admit, I don't think I would be as cool if it were my sister," said Carlos.

"I hope not, she's only five."

"Not in ten years she won't be. She'll be fifteen and I'll be twenty-six. I don't know, I am just not crazy about the idea of some guy being with my sister even when she's fifteen."

"I don't know, I guess we all just got the same philosophy about sex from my dad. Basically, it's a beautiful thing and as long as you're not stupid about it then have fun. Of course his philosophy is so much different than my moms'. If she knew that Jase and I were no longer virgins I think she would have a cow and a calf."

"Jase lost her virginity too huh? When did that happen?"

"It was last year about four months after she moved to France for that student exchange school program. It was with some French dude. You know what the funny part is though?" James asked.

"What's that?"

"The same day she lost her virginity in France I lost mine at home in Missouri," James laughed, "I guess it's a twin thing."

Carlos laughed with him, "Yeah, I guess so."

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"Okay boys, since this is your first offence with me, I am going to go a bit easy on you," said Dustin. "I'm only going to use my hand and you can keep your underwear on."

"Umm sir, not that I really want to know but, what happens the second time?" Logan asked.

"If there is a second time and any other time after that, it'll always be on your bare bottom and I'll follow up with a hairbrush, wooden spoon or my belt after I first warm your bottom up with my hand."

Logan and Kendall looked at each other terrified.

"Alright, Logan you're first."

"Why do I have to go first?"

"You're sitting closer to me, besides, I really don't have to have a reason; now, stand up in front of me."

Logan was so scared he wanted to throw up. He got up slowly and stood in front of Dustin as he was told. Dustin unsnapped and unzipped Logan's jeans and pulled them down to the middle of his muscular thighs; exposing his black Calvin Klein boxer briefs. Dustin pulled the young boy over his lap and positioned him as comfortably as he could. He glanced up and saw Kendall's frightened expression on his face.

Smack, smack, smack! Logan was surprised by just how much a mere man's hand could really bring a lot of pain. Smack, smack, smack…, Logan tried to escape a couple of times but he was no match for Dustin's strength.

"Please Mr. Diamond! Please Sir, I will never make a mess in the kitchen like that again!" pleaded Logan as tears turned into sobs.

Dustin spanked Logan for a good solid minute before letting him up off of his lap. He told them both that he was going to go easy on them for their first offence and he meant it. Logan had no concept for how Dustin considered the spanking easy. His bottom was on fire and quickly realized his jeans were too tight to put back on.

"Mr. Diamond?" Logan asked through his sobs, "May I please change into my swim shorts and go down to the pool?

Logan just wanted to be in something more comfortable and far away from the bedroom. He didn't want to watch one of his best friends go through what he just did.

"Humm, I don't know," Dustin turned to Kendall, "do you think it's fair that he doesn't stay and watch you like you get spanked like you had to watch him?"

"Honestly Sir, I really would rather he wasn't here if that is okay," Kendall replied.

Dustin thought about it for a moment, "alright Logan, you can change into your swim shorts but you have to clean at least half of the kitchen before you go down to the pool. Kendall will finish cleaning the kitchen when we're through here."

"Okay, thank you sir."

Logan quickly changed into his swim shorts, grabbed his towel and flip flops then went into the kitchen to start cleaning his half of the mess. Meanwhile, back in his room Kendall was now standing in front of Dustin.

The experience for Kendall was much more emotional than Logan or for any of his friends. The last time he was spanked, he was 8 years old and it was given by his own father. A week later his father died in a car accident. Up to this point Kendall had never had any real father-figure in his life. He also didn't realize how much he missed having an older male influence around until after his spanking was over.

Dustin helped Kendall up off of his lap. Kendall couldn't stop crying. Dustin knew he spanked him good but the tone in his cry was different than of someone just crying over the results of a spanking. The sound came from a pain much deeper. Dustin guided Kendall back on his lap but only to hold him close. He was never overly affectionate to anyone but to his youngest, Olive. Nevertheless, he knew when someone just needed to be held. He rocked Kendall gently until he stopped crying. He finally stopped, took a deep breath then lifted his head off of Dustin's shoulder.

"I'm sorry for the messy kitchen and thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

"For being a really good dad, James is really lucky."

"Oh, that's right; you lost your father when you were much younger, I'm sorry. Well, I may not be your biological father but you can come to me for anything, I want you to know that. I mean it."

Kendall gave Dustin a big smile then hugged him one last time.

"Thank you sir, that means a lot to me," he said before getting up, changing into his swim shorts and going to the kitchen where Logan was still working on cleaning.

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"NO!" Olive screamed, "I want the triple fudge chocolate ice cream cone!"

"Olive, you know dad only lets us have junk food if it's someone's birthday or a holiday. Today is Saturday and we're not at a birthday party. You can have the strawberry juice bar and that's it," explained Rachel as calmly as she could through her teeth.

"Noo, noo, nooooo!"

Olive began stomping her feet, throwing a tantrum loud enough to get James' attention from across the pool. He could see Rachel was about to lose it and quickly made his way over to his two younger sisters.

"Rache, what's wrong?" asked James.

"Olive wants the triple fudge chocolate ice cream and you know dad would say no. I told her she could have the strawberry juice bar but she's just being a total little brat instead."

James picked up the juice bar and handed it to Olive.

"These juice bars are really good, here, just try it."

Olive took the juice bar and threw it into a nearby bush.

"NO! I WANT A TRIPLE CHOCOLATE FUDGE ICE CREAM CONE!"

James was tempted to just carry Olive up to their dad and let him take care of her but knew he was dealing with Kendall and Logan and decided to take matters into his own hands. He took his sister by the hand and walked her over to an area that was out of earshot to anyone else. He bent down on one knee and held on to either side of her arms.

"Listen, you have barely been here for a day. I haven't seen you in over six months. Do you honestly want to have our first day back together with me giving you a spanking? I know I don't but trust me, if you don't calm down right now I will do it."

Olive knew if her father wasn't around and she was in the care of her older siblings they did have permission to spank her. She decided to try the "crocodile tears" on her brother to see if he would give in.

"I'm sorry James," said Olive with big watery tears in her eyes, "I don't want you to spank me. I just really, really wanted the chocolate ice cream cone. I wanted to make today an extra special day. I'm just so happy to be with you again."

Olive was too smart for her own good. She covered her face with her hands and made herself cry harder. James, on the other hand knew the game too well. He had given his mother the crocodile teary eyes and sob speech many times when their father said no; and just like his mother, he wasn't going to buy it either.

"Okay, Olive, nice try but I'm onto you."

Olive looked at her brother with a look of surprise and of course had no evidence of any real crying.

"You know the rules about junk food. You also know if I gave into you I would be in trouble if daddy found out. Do you know what would happen to me?"

"Daddy would spank you for breaking the junk food rule," answered Olive quietly.

"That's exactly right. Do you want me to get spanked just so you can have the ice cream? Do you think that would be fair?"

"no."

"I don't think so either. Do you think you can try and forget about the chocolate ice cream and just have the juice bar?" asked James looking at his little sister with his big beautiful brown eyes.

She may be his little sister but even she couldn't say no to James when he whipped out the puppy dog look.

"Okay," said Olive with a big smile.

"That's my girl!" said James and brought Olive in for a big hug.

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When James took over with Olive, Rachel walked over and sat down next to Carlos.

"Oh my GOD, she is such a pest! She drives me crazy!"

Carlos laughed, "Hey, she's just doing her job as your little sister."

Rachel was very irritated and was about to complain more about Olive when she looked over and saw Carlos smiling at her. She suddenly forgot what she was about to say.

"I, mmm, yeah, I guess so," said Rachel followed by a sigh.

"You know, I heard somewhere that walks really help when you're stressed. If you want, we could go for a walk and I can show you around," said Carlos.

Rachel smiled, "Yeah, I think I would really like that, thanks."

The two got up and began their walk and by time they walked a total of twenty feet Carlos smoothly took hold of Rachel's hand and locked fingers with her. She didn't do anything to stop him.

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James watched Rachel and Carlos walk off holding hands, he couldn't' help but smile because it looked so sweet. He was about to walk Olive over to get a juice bar when his cell phone rang, it was his twin sister, Jace.

"Hey girl that wishes she were prettier than me, what's up?"

"Ha Ha, you're hilarious! Seriously, we need to talk. My visa is going to expire next week since the student exchange program is ending. This means of course I have to go home. The problem is that I really don't want to go back to Missouri when you, Rachel, Olive AND dad are in L.A. Do you think you can help me convince mom and dad that I would be better off in L.A. than Missouri?"

"Well, if you think you can refrain from being jealous over my beautiful face then yes, I would love to help you convince mom and dad," said James half teasingly.

"Oh, I know it will be hard but I think I can manage," answered Jace sarcastically.

"Alright then, you talk to mom first and I'll talk to dad."

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